File:Mace MGM-13 and W28 nuclear warhead in silo on Okinawa.jpg
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English: Technicians at work on a Mace B cruise missile in a hard-site launcher on Okinawa, April 1962. Carrying a one-megaton W28 nuclear warhead, the rocket-boosted, jet-propelled Mace missile could be fired at six minutes' notice. House in underground concrete and steel “coffins,” the Mace Bs (TM-76B) had an inertial guidance system and a range which exceeded 1,300 miles. Two Mace B squadrons were located in Okinawa during 1961-1970. In recent months, a controversy has emerged over whether, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Okinawa-based 873d Tactical Missile squadron received orders to launch missiles against Sino-Soviet targets.[iii] (NARA, Still Pictures Unit, Record Group 342B, box 1470). |
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| Source | http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb541-Nukes-on-Okinawa-Declassified-2016/photos/photo-3-1000.jpg |
| Author | DET-3, 1353nd Photo Group |
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